MAMMALIA. 
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On the label of 
Gently f roni £. „ ° ne °^the specimens from Karghalik, a male, the following details, evi- 
les 1 specimen, are given in Dr. Stoliczka’s handwriting : — 
" Whole length 
Length of head 
Do - of tail 
Sn out to eye . 
D °. to base of ear 
10 from hind do. 
Breadth of ear 
Length of gape 
of foie foot with claws 
°f kind foot 
Do. 
r ‘ The 
Inches. 
. 8-2 
. 2-3 
. 0-7 
. 1-17 
. 1-75 
. 1-5 
. 1-45 
. 1*2 
. 1-2 
. 1-25 
, 1-6 
inches ; between°tl C ^ * neB ^ e yond the lower jaw ; the distance between the fore feet when expanded is 
* >a 0 r Osty ; entire und ° ^ ® inches. Iris black, snout blackish, outer edges of nostrils ciliated, head 
all round the °i . SUr f ace w hite, as well as behind the ears, along [the edge of the area covered by] the 
s y "hm So ] eg , | ® 1S fringed with veiy pale rusty ; ears, feet, and tail silvery brownisk-grey ; claws 
rp|^ * 8 ' Tongue elongately oval, and very thick.” 
* rre gularity oflhf ^ 8 are a ^fttle less than an inch in length in most specimens. The 
Tli Cre - s ' opines, I think, depends on the manner in which the skin has dried. 
I The skeleton ana tion of importance in the different specimens. 
^ -*-1 broad aci ’ 1 ^ au an ^ ma ^ n °f quite adult. The skull measures 19 inches long 
The followin' 16 Z ^^ oma ^ c arc bes, and 0 4 5 between the orbits. 
r ' ®toliczka’s * aie 311eas urcments of an old skull with worn teeth taken from one of 
d s specimens 
Length fr 
m occipital plane to anterior end of premaxillaries 
35 ^ i° wei margin of foramen magnum to ditto . 
, } „ 01 W Pufute from opening of posterior nares 
Breadth° Suture between nasal bones .... 
across zygomatic arches 
Least breadth ^ ^ h os ^ e ™ r termination of zygomata 
Breadth cf ^ lou ^ region between orbits . 
nasals 
Length of f W , 
B -adth 0 f ! r ;; molar - '• 
of . * 
Approximate T- f ^ ^ 
tc height of ditto 
° a Plat 
Met. 
Inches. 
. -050 
2 
. -048 
1-93 
. -028 
1-15 
. -015 
0-6 
. -030 
1-23 
. -023 
0-94 
. -012 
0-51 
. -002 
0-1 
. -005 
0-18 
. -006 
0-22 
. -037 
1-48 
. ‘017 
0-7 
in ( . i "mture ski 11 i ’ 5 ±u ’ aie aKun ilom a very oiu skuii; i c, i a, le, ly, irom tne 
skuU Uler to show the p eP)n ^ n § to tBe skeleton obtained at Yarkand, the latter being added 
^ Presented in ° rm the teeth, which are worn down to a flat surface in the aged 
m the upper figures. 
